Metal ...

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Originally Posted by DaveASA/FED

I only do ASA JO and High school ball so this is my first year with experience with metal cleats. And to your point Steve, I have seen a LOT of college games where they are performing pop up slides without breaking any bones...I think everyone is just quick to blame the new item for all thier worries, its the metal cleats, she wouldn't have gotten hurt without them. Well who knows? We can't recreate the scene, field conditions girls speed, and exact slide in plastic cleats and see if she breaks anything, or just rolls it....we will never know.

Again very sad for the kid but not fair to put the blame on the cleats. Those cleats just hang off the kids feet it is their responsibility to know how to use them.

Absolutely, correct. However, you don't if the injury would have occured without the spikes, either. This is the type of info that should be getting collected, not just brushed off with "you cannot prove it was the spikes" responses.